FUNERAL WHORE ‘Step Into Damnation’ Track By Track

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After a few years of EPs and demos, old school death metal merchants, Funeral Whore have finally unearthed their debut full-length sonic onslaught, Step Into Damnation on Chaos Records. The Netherlands based quartet began its assault on our senses in 2006, but a carousel of line-up changes kept the core of guitarist Kellie, and vocalist/guitarist, Roy from moving forward at the pace they’d have preferred. But with original drummer Olle back in the fold and bassist Tim rounding out the rhythm section, Funeral Whore have arrived.

This week the band offers Step Into Damnation, metal of the old school in the vein of bands such as Asphyx, Obituary, with nods to Bolt Thrower, Autopsy, Death and Pestilence.

Frontman Roy dropped by this week to give us his track by track breakdown on Step Into Damnation.

Eternal Genocide – This album opener is also one of my favorite to play LIVE on stage. The song is aggressive, rude and it’s lyrics are the finest subject to grunt about when you just see al the common idiots in life. When I wrote this song it was based upon the Sebrenica mass murder of 1995, but later I switched it over to a more atrocities worldwide in general. The simplicity of the riffs somehow fits excellent with each other.

Wasteland of Corpses – Another song, covering atrocities worldwide. All things being said in the lyrics are actually things that took place so they are based on true event, no matter how insane it may be. The song starts with a short slow piece which many people give it a doom metal stamp. I don’t understand that. It’s just a slow intro part with a slow guitar solo which supports it’s title. Very cool to play,especially the muted slow part in the middle of the song when Kellie sets in her 2nd solo.

Obidience – No matter how many times I rehearsed, played or listened to “Obidience”, it stays a fucking killer track. This was the very first track me and Kellie wrote for the band and also one of the longest in duration. Still, it separates itself from the rest of the tracks. The first part pounding onward in heavy B tune for quiet some time until we enter the slow part down tempo were Kellie plays her solo. “Obidience” tells the story of the insane Middle East wacko’s, living their worthless lives by the Koran, hoping to find a better life after death.

Camp Blood – This song is old school as fuck. Simple and brutal as Jason Voorhees himself. Since I watched Friday the 13th, the old cult classics from the 80s, it’spretty decent to write about it. We used the sample of Friday the 13th part 1 were Steve Christy, the stupid new leader at Camp Crystal Lake is getting stabbed to fucking death by Jason’s mom. It’s made a bit in the same build up like “Eternal Genocide”.

El Salvador Death Squad – The only mid-tempo fucker on the album. Inspired from the Traces of Death shockdocumantaries.Compare this with Grave’s Haunted and you definitely hear much similarities. This heavy weight moloch song is specially made to headbang your ass off. A very powerful contribution to the album. The constant returning muted 1 main riff comeback just went you want it to.

Step into Damnation – We start with a short, blowing slow part which, as in many of our songs, not take too long to get back in brutal faster action. The drummer hammers his way just like at “Into the Grave”. Halfway, there’s the heavy headbanging part, great to play this on stage.

Lyrics are about the unavoidable ending of life for every human being, religious or not… The sample is taken from Phantasm 2. The Tall Man rules! Best horror icon in myopinion.

The Bitch Died – Great to open the setlist with this hammering osdm track. When we kick off our gig with this one, the message OSDM is more than clear. Simple, brutal and you know what to do on it. “The Bitch Died” tells the numerous stories of trendy cunts, walking the streets alone after partying, drunk or doped on drugs while they have been warned so many times not to be so reckless. Now they fall into the claws of evil.

Pierce My Flesh – Love to listen to this song although the lyrics are one of the most difficult to perform live. The first part of the song is nicely mid-tempo and after the chorus it starts with the faster part. This is about a beautiful woman who loves piercings in an obsessive way.

Threesome – What can I say? I would love the porn out two beautiful chicks.

Failure of the Sacrifice – This uptempo song is true asskicker. Note the drums hitting the riffs old-fashioned like in early osdm bands. The solo part is so easy but sounds so fucking great, why the hell shouldn’t we put something simple in a song if it sounds so awesome? Easy be really cool. The theme here is about suicide bombers in the Middle East again.

Buried in Hell – Here’s a song which is pretty much of an oldie. Part was written in 2008 or so, with our drummer Jonathan. The song has a tremendous impact after a feedback of a previous song live. The double bass power-boost and the first guitar riffs gives me a clear Bolt Thrower feeling. These song lyrics are about being buried alive, something that must be extremely horrifying, but it’s death metal too…

FUNERAL WHORE ‘Step Into Damnation’ Track By Track was last modified: March 4th, 2012 by Rustyn Rose